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Kancheepuram wins overall championship

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Madurai: Kancheepuram won the overall championship with a tally of 520 points in the 21st Tamil Nadu State junior inter-district athletics meet organised by the Madurai District Athletic Association at the Railway stadium here on Sunday. Chennai finished second with a total of 266 points.

In the boys' section, Kancheepuram finished with 251 points, while Chennai finished second with 171. In the girls' section too Kancheepuram finished first with 269 points, while Erode came second with 196.

In all 14 meet records were shattered and G. Gayathiri (Kancheepuram) scored a golden double as she set new records in the girls' u-16 pentathlon and 100m hurdles. She totalled 2,927 points in pentathlon to erase the old record of 2,822 points and in hurdles she clocked 14.4s bettering the old record of 15.6s.

Mr. M. Chidambarasamy, Commissioner of Police, gave away the prizes, in the presence of Mr. W. Davaram, President TNAA, and Mr. Selva Ganesh, Additional Director of Income tax (Investigation).

The results (winners only): Boys: U-20: 110m hurdles: M. Krish Beethaavan (Cbe) 15.3s; High jump: S. Anandakumar (Tiruchi) 1.93m; Shot put: M. Chidambaram (Kanchi) 15.32m; Javelin: A. John Venel (Tiruchi) 60.26m; 400m: M.P. Parthiban (Che) 50.3s; 5,000m: R. Rajesh (Cbe) 16:08s; Decathlon: G. Kosalanath (Kanchi) 5,743pts; 4x100m relay: Kancheepuram 43.5s (NMR - old 43.8s); 200m: S. Sathya (Cbe) 21.9 s (NMR - old 22.0s); 400m hurdles: S. Mohamed Rafiq (Mdu) 54.8s (NMR - old 56.26s); 4x400m relay: Chennai 3:26.9 s.

U-18: High jump: L. Yogaraj (Tirunelveli) 1.96m (NMR - old 1.93m); 5,000m: Santhosh Kumar (NLG) 17:03.5s; Octathlon: G. Gunapandian (Tri) 4,977 pts (NMR - old 4,919 pts); Shot put: Ramadas (Salem) 15.30m; Triple jump: G. Anand Babu (Thanjavur) 13.81m; 200m: S.S. Ajith (Cbe) 23.0s; 400m hurdles: C.S. Karthik (Che) 55.9s (NMR - old 56.6s); 4x400m relay: Kancheepuram 3:32.7s.

U-16: Discus: M. Selvakumar (Kanchi) 39.02m; Pentathlon: J. Brijesh Raj (Tvly) 3,495 pts; Hammer: N. Sankar (Kanchi) 48.48m (NMR - old 45.90m).

U-14: Triathlon: Group A: S. Mervin (Tvly) 2,126 pts. Group B: Sahul Hameed (Kanchi) 1487 pts.

Girls: U-20: High jump: T. Divya Priya (Che) 1.55m; 100m hurdles: P. Lakshmi (Kanchi) 14.7s; Discus: B. Anamica (Mdu) 32.94s; Pentathlon: R. Santhana Barathi (Cud) 3,393 pts; Triple jump: R. Aruna (Kanchi) 11.45m; 400m hurdles: R. Ramya (Che) 67.5s; Shot put: B. Anamica 11.55m (NMR - old 11.32s); 5,000m: L. Surya (Pkt) 18:18s; Long jump: P. Lakshmi (Kanchi) 5.89m (NMR - old 5.72m); 400m: S. Preethi (Che) 59.1s; Pole vault: S. Saranya (Che) 1.85m; Hammer: S. Saranya Prakash (Che) 38.29m; 10,000m walk: R. Purnima (Namakkal) 1:3:31s; 4x400m relay: Erode 4:12.9s.

U-18: Hammer: L. Muthuselvi (Erode) 3,496m; 5,000m walk: F. Ansiya (Cbe) 33:00.8s; 800m: V. Rupa Devi (Erode) 2:26.7s; 3,000m: K. Vijaya Barathi (Cbe) 11:12.1s; Discus: G. Hema Priya (Erode) 83.59m; Long jump: G. Nagalakshmi (Kanchi) 5.67m; 100m hurdles: R. Vigneswari (Erode) 15.0s; 400m: R. Vigneswari 62.1 s; 4x100 relay: Chennai 51.4 s; Triple jump: P. Pechiammal (Kanchi) 11.26m; 4x400m relay: 4:16s.

U-16: 3,000m: J. Sophia (Kanchi) 17:30.6s; Long jump: Melanie Mary Meyers (Kanchi) 5.53m; 100m hurdles: G. Gayathiri (Kanchi) 14.4s (NMR - old 15.6s); Shot put: A. Sindhuja (Cbe) 9.71m; 2,000m: S.P.B. Poonga (Pkt) 7:08.6s; 400m: S. Sujitha (Kanchi) 60.1s; 800m: S. Sujitha 2:26.8s; Pentathlon: G. Gayathiri 2,927 pts (NMR - old 2,822 pts); 400m hurdles: E. Jenifer Elizabeth (Kanchi) 70.1s.

U-14: Triathlon: Group A: A. Rajeswari (Che) 1,378 pts; Group B: Sophia Laurence (Thiruvallur) 1,696 pts; Group C: R. Vaishnavi (Tiruchi) 1,640 pts.

Thiagarajar takes title

Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, beat PSNA College of Engineering, Dindigul, 3-0 for the title in the Anna University zone -10 inter-engineering men's table tennis tournament at Vikram College of Engineering campus on Saturday.

The results (Final): TCE bt PSNA 3-0 (Ramesh bt Vajavel 9-11, 6-11, 11-6, 11-4, 11-7; B.K. Subramani bt Senthil 11-6, 11-7, 12-14, 11-9; John bt K. Saravanan 11-1, 11-2, 11-5.

Third place: KLNCE bt Sethu Institute of Technology, Kariapatti 3-0.

Semifinals: TCE bt KLNCE 3-0; PSNA bt SIT 3-0.

Elected

The following have been unanimously elected office-bearers of the Ramanathapuram District Cricket Association for the period 2006-2008 at the annual general meeting of the association held at Ramanathapuram on Sunday.

The office-bearers: President: S.Je. Ramesh Babu; Vice-President: A. Chelladurai Abdullah, S. Segujalndeen, K.T. Prabakaran, H. Mohamed Raffiq Gani; Secretary: C. Mareeswaran; Joint Secretary: S. Muruganantham; Treasurer: M. Thiagarajan; Executive Committee: R. Anand, B. Arumugam, A. Gokula Krishnan, S. Mahendran, R. Saleem, G. Mohana Kannan, S. Sathiyendar and T. Palani Kumar.

Loyola College wins

Loyola College, Chennai, lifted the Rev. Fr. J. Prince Memorial Trophy defeating St. Joseph's College, Tiruchi, 4-1 via tie-breaker in the final of the State-level inter-collegiate football tournament organised by Arulanandar College at the college ground, Karumathur on Saturday. At the end of regulation time, the teams were locked goalless.

Earlier in the semifinals, Loyola College prevailed over Jamal Mohamed College, Tiruchi 7-6 via tie-breaker, after the teams shared six goals in regulation time and St. Joseph's College beat Saraswathy Narayanan College, Madurai 3-0.

Mr. P. Malaiappan, Divisional Consumer Sales Manager, IOC gave away the prizes in the presence of Rev.Fr. Pushparaj, Principal of the college.

The results (Final): Loyola College 4 (Ilamurugan, Pradeep, Vinod Kumar, Syed) bt St. Joseph's College (Habib).

Semifinals: St. Joseph's 3 (Karunakaran 2, Sianu) bt SN College 0; Loyola 7 (Ilamurugan 3, James Selvakumar, Vinoth, Shiju, Sudharsan) bt Jamal Mohamed 6 (Ramana 2, Kali Allaudeen 2, Abdul Rahman, Harish).

MIET is champion

Mohammed Faisal took four wickets as MIET Polytechnic defeated Pattukottai Polytechnic by four runs in the final of the inter-polytechnic cricket tournament in Tiruchi on Sunday.

The scores: MIET Polytechnic 96 for six in 16 overs bt Pattukottai Polytechnic 92 for six in 16 overs (Mohammed Faisal four for 12).

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